A well-known Derby food hub has closed its doors in the city after just 18 months of trading.

The Post House, based in Victoria Street, left visitors confused this afternoon as they found the site to be locked up, but with no explanation as to why.

Since then staff at the hub have taken to Facebook to share the news of the closure stating that Derby "wasn't quite ready" for the site.

The Facebook statement, posted by the owners of the Post House, reads: "It is with deep sadness that we’ve had to close The Post House after having 18 months of trade.

"Unfortunately, with the lack of footfall in Derby, high overheads, and the many other problems we incurred with our business concept, we have decided that we cannot carry on trading.

"We don’t think Derby was quite ready for us.

The site has closed in Derby (Image: Derbyshire Live)

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers, staff and individuals who have supported us (you know who you are) and all our friends and family that have supported us at this very difficult time.